Recent content by AliciaDuckLady

Thanks for your help, I will keep my hopes up and keep looking. We have started carrying pellets when we go. I am worried she may have found greener pastures, we do live by the wetlands, duck heaven. Hopefully she is safe and we can find her anyways. :) Those wings will be trimmed pretty quick...

Our Muscovy duck Juniper recently went through a moult and grew back her wings. We usually clip one. She wasn't flying very high, just from the back to front of yard to get to her food when I cleaned out the pen. We were lured into a false sense of security because on Sunday she took off, over...

This information is from: Australia's Poisonous Plants, Fungi and Cynobacteria, A Guide to Species of Medical and Veterinary Importance, Ross McKenzie, 2012, CSIRO Publishing. Mustards, rapes, cabbages and others (Brassicaceae / Cruciferae) Toxic part of plant: Flower and seed heads contain...

Hi e Hi everyone, really sorry have not answered this earlier, started studying so have not had time to be on the site. Will refer to the text and get back to you this week. Will find out about the active constituents also. We now limit these foods and concentrate on treating with other leafy...

I raised mine with my partner and they were fine. I think as long as whoever is around them knows "how to be around ducklings" without scaring them it will be alright. Our babies did get scared of visitors peering into their brooder occasionally but when my Mum looked after her "grand children"...

Tomato leaves, eggplant leaves and all of the brassica family can be harmful to ducks. This is from a vetinary textbook I have on poisonous plants with reference specifically to animal groups. So that includes cabbages, broccoli, bok choi, cauliflower etc. Obviously it would be in larger amounts...

Forgot to mention that she has been one third the size of her sister or less until now.

One of my khaki ducklings is well behind her sister, also downy instead of being fully feathered. She was a head shorter at four days old. She has been sick with a respiratory infection that may have contributed. She is going so well now though and has been gaining 50g + every day!! Her feathers...

One of my ducklings fell off our washing machine onto concrete and was absolutely fine. I was pretty shocked she didn't hurt herself! They are surprisingly resilient at times!

I am interested in the same thing. I have started a duck behavior 101 thread to learn more... https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/840660/duck-behavior-101-a-reference-what-is-normal-and-when-to-be-worried also because I want to make sure I keep a healthy flock :) Peas do seem to inspire a special...

Hopefully with your help I can compile a go-to reference for basic duck behavior here... I have had ducks now for 10 months and am raising our first two ducklings. It has been a steep learning curve, a delightful but confusing journey. If I knew what I did now, I believe we would have saved a...

Tell me about it!!! :) We are a very happy household!

Hello! Finally I think it is safe to say that little Button has recovered :) What a roller coaster ride! She is still on her antibiotics, .09ml twice a day of augmentin, we stopped the .08ml of baytril. She was weighing 204g at the time, now 330g :) Has to catch Poppy who is double. The...

Thank you! She stayed at the vet overnight. By the afternoon she was back on her feet but very fatigued. :) Took Poppy in for the night too, the noise they were making seperated! Poppy is well but they are treating her the same just in case, they mentioned calcium. I have been feeding them...

Bad news... :( I went down to check on her and her legs had gone. Second floppy duck in a month! She is now at the vet but we don't know how she will go :( all in the space of 4hrs! I will check the antibiotics for you. They did prescribe them for the specific bacteria she had after testing her...